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Dear December, You are the last one, so please be the best one.

Hello RCD readers,

December has finally arrived.  I'm not in the Christmas mode. Mostly because my mindset is so different.  So much potential.  So much growth. So much peace. I almost find sitting down and spending money on partying and gatherings....... I'll want say nothing.. Because anything will sound offensive.

But I love the lights. I love the Christmas musical recitals. I love the owru jari pagara estafette. I love the driving to see Christmas decorations.  I love the advent church services. I love seeing my family. But every year we change. We evolve into a different person. Our happiness is something different.  Our peace is found somewhere else. What bothered me years ago won't this year. What made me so happy years ago might not feel the same way this year. The simplicity of just having everyone healthy, happy, growing, doing good and the next generation on the right track. OMG best Christmas present for me. I can't come up with anything materialistic this year.

Last year I didn't blog in December. We had just lost our balletschool. I had just heard about my aunt's cancer diagnoses. I was not at all in the Christmas mood. I went to support my ballerina's dance. 

But this year... 

Losing somebody 

I don't want to go to church to see ballerinas dancing this year. Because I might actually cry if I park where my aunt used to live. I might unintentionally reminisce the late at night quick convos we had because we both weren't talkers. I might just burst into tears. Grief is purest way to see the real love you shared for somebody. I would know. As I'm still grieving in small moment's not like her children. I couldn't want to imagine how they are feeling at all.

Dancing again

I tried in October to start dancing again. Not for recitals because let's face it. I can't keep an appointment to take care of myself every single week. How will I find the energy and time for that. So I choose just getting back in shape. Fixing what I want to fix in myself. From higher controlled legs. To training for certain jumps etc.  I have a list of things that I find important to work on technique wise. Point shoes maybe next year. It's not on list. But getting a healthier back is on the list. I tried my best to not miss a lot in November because this month I have project's to finish. Which means less time to dance.

Teaching 

I like that this schoolyear teaching is going smooth. Every class I'm working on each new thing at their pace. I have learned how to teach certain things. Of course I still get not feedback but a critique what they think works better. I just listen and adapt how they prefer. Even if it doesn't always work. I listen to what they want. December is getting my kids in the Christmas vibe which I am not in.

Marketing side of the business

I spoke about this. Content battle for this year. My fellow competitors choose to showcase a lot of high quality work and sell their designs. They have pushed me to do the same. Which more power to them. I do it God's way. I choose a way that I feel God would say it's honest.  The logo is used by so much as if they are being original. But I actually "design you dream house". Which not selling a standard design concept or pushing you into my architectural taste just so I can say this is my design because it's alle my architectural preferences. I choose the "recap" strategy this month. The purpose is to connect again with the right kind of client's.

Administration & financial side of the business

This month comes with putting every last yearly expense on paper plus what needs to be done. The administration side it a little bit on schedule. Except QuickBooks. The financial side. I've writing today the last monthly profit and loss before December really starts. So I have find the time for this before the year ends.

Finishing project's

The purpose is to finish two project's before December 19th. Deliver one project for building permit. One is entirely up to the client's feedback. I still pray everything goes smoothly.

Getting ready for Christmas

I want to reconnect with my friends before the year ends. I want a peaceful Christmas. Simple easy decorations that are not to expensive. I want the kids to be able to receive presents. Have a chill Christmas week with my loved ones. An easy tasty recipe for cooking. And I want my phone off after December 20th hahaha.

Let's make December a great month